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Author: Hotchkiss, Lawrence
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1. Campbell, Paul B.
Elliot, Jack
Hotchkiss, Lawrence
Laughlin, Suzanne
Antecedents of Training-Related Placement
Mimeo, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University, 1987.
Also: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED291972&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED291972
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University
Keyword(s): Job Training; Labor Force Participation; School Characteristics/Rating/Safety; Transition, School to Work; Vocational Education; Vocational Training; Wages

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A study investigated the circumstances and conditions that influence the decision to take a training-related position. The primary objective of the study was to produce information on the environmental conditions and personal characteristics associated with training-related placement. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience-Youth Cohort and from the High School and Beyond survey were analyzed using cross-tabular and multivariate regression techniques. Descriptive findings suggested that the training-related placement rate for the first and current job after high school graduation was about 42 percent; on the average, high school vocational graduates held training-related jobs 48 percent of the total time they were employed. Multivariate analyses suggested that: high grades in the vocational specialty were positively correlated with training-related placement; and gender remained one of the strongest predictors of earnings despite training-related placement. Other findings were that: substantial concentration in a vocational specialty was one of the most influential factors in getting and keeping a training-related job, and the trade and industrial specialty was also associated consistently with holding a training-related job. The lack of consistent results for gender and race/ethnicity suggested that the problem of getting and holding a training-related job was general for male vocational graduates and not, as with women, applicable to specific sub-groups. (Additional data are appended.) (YLB)
Bibliography Citation
Campbell, Paul B., Jack Elliot, Lawrence Hotchkiss and Suzanne Laughlin. "Antecedents of Training-Related Placement." Mimeo, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University, 1987.
2. Hotchkiss, Lawrence
Noneconomic Effects of Vocational Education
Report, Columbus OH: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University, 1987.
Also: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED227310.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University
Keyword(s): Attitudes; Behavior; Career Patterns; Education; High School Curriculum; High School Transcripts; Illegal Activities; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Marriage; Vocational Education; Vocational Training

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

A project examined the noneconomic effects of secondary vocational education on six types of outcomes measured while respondents were in high school (basic skills, career expectations, significant others' career expectations for the student, attitudes such as self-esteem and locus of control, grades, and homework), and five types of post-high school outcomes (postsecondary education, marriage and family, voting behavior, criminal behavior, and substance use). Two major national data sets were used to study these outcomes: the High School and Beyond (HSB) Survey and the NLSY. Three measures of curriculum were used: vocational profiles based on student transcripts; self-reporting of academic, vocational, and general curriculum; and a curriculum index of course-work, self-report track, remedial courses taken, and honors courses taken. A large number of control variables were included in the analyses. Results of the study indicate small negative effects of vocational curriculum on basic skills, educational expectation, occupational expectation, perceived ability to complete college, grades, and hours per week spent on homework. Findings regarding most secondary schooling are mixed. Vocational curriculum in high school does not appear to have strong effects on the other outcomes studied. Limited evidence showed that vocational education is associated with reduced use of marijuana and other drugs, as is academic curriculum. [NTIS ED 297132]
Bibliography Citation
Hotchkiss, Lawrence. "Noneconomic Effects of Vocational Education." Report, Columbus OH: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University, 1987.